Re: RPGLE source date & time in *PGM object

I've depended on a *PGM object's source changed date & time for decades,
especially on systems where customers have not done too well with
keeping track of their source vs object.

Today I came across this:

WRKOBJ PSIWBAPL/PCK222S option 8
================================

Display Object Description - Full
Library 1 of 1
Object . . . . . . . : PCK222S Attribute . . . . . : RPGLE
Library . . . . . : PSIWBAPL Owner . . . . . . . : QDFTOWN
Library ASP device . : *SYSBAS Library ASP group . : *SYSBAS
Type . . . . . . . . : *PGM Primary group . . . : *NONE

User-defined information:
Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . :
Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : RPG : PackList Document
Type select
on
Creation information:
Creation date/time . . . . . . . . . : 05/07/21 07:24:06
Created by user . . . . . . . . . . : MWIPROD
System created on . . . . . . . . . : VISTAPRD
Object domain . . . . . . . . . . . : *USER


DSPPGM PSIWBAPL/PCK222S *MODULE shows
=====================================

Display Program Information

Program . . . . . . . : PCK222S Library . . . . . . . :
PSIWBAPL

Module attributes:
Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : PCK222S
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QTEMP
Source file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QRPGSRC
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : MODWBSRC
Source member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : PCK222S
Module attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : RPGLE
Module creation date/time . . . . . . . . . . : 05/05/21 10:21:59
Source file change date/time . . . . . . . . . : 05/28/20 14:35:31
Coded character set identifier . . . . . . . . : 37
Creation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *YES
Allow RTVCLSRC (CL module) . . . . . . . . . . : *NO
Sort sequence table . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *HEX
Language identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *JOBRUN
Optimization level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NONE

Note the module creation and source changed dates & times.


STRDBG PSIWBAPL/PCK222S F15 - ILE RPG Listing View
==================================================

Display Module
Source

Program: PCK222S Library: PSIWBAPL Module: PCK222S
19 001800 -* 04/21/2021 P.Dow IT-63684 23732 210421
20 001900 * Added Acom form parameter. 210421
21 002000 * 210421
22 002100
***************************************************************************

000000
23 002200 fOBCOL100 if e k disk 160125


Note the change date on the 3 source lines: 210421 (2021-04-21).


Here's the timeline I've been able to piece together:

1. 04/21/2021: The program was compiled in an Implementer development
environment.

2. 05/04/2021: Using Implementer, it was promoted to a QA environment.

3. 05/07/2021: Using Implementer, it was promoted from QA to production
and distributed to a remote system.


However, the dates still don't make sense. Implementer says the QA
promotion happened on 05/04/2021, but the module creation date is
05/05/2021. And the program creation date is 05/07/2021. And the source
change date is 05/28/2020, yet debug's listing view shows comments from
04/21/2021.


How could this happen?

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*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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